Need a manifold heat shield for my 2001 Jeep Cherokee...the one that goes under the injectors. I found it online, but it's a complete kit costing $65. But I don't want or need the kit, which IMO, it's overpriced. Any suggestions? If I could find the material, I can cut it to size, but so far can't find it either. Thank you.

 

Almost positive the part number for that is 53013669AA.
Can be found all over the place with a Google search for about $20 and up.
Betting there is some shipping costs with some of them though.
Frankly I would buy the DE Kit.
When I did my fuel injectors on my '00 I replaced the heat shield cause it was shot.
And while I have no heat soak problems if I had know that kit existed when I did the injectors I would have bought it anyway.

 

Thanks so much for the info. I went ahead and purchased the whole kit, as you suggested. The price wasn't much different than the part number you described. Got it at Amazon for $60 and it'll be here tomorrow. The kit includes the manifold heat shield, fuel rail heat cover, six fuel injector covers, and 12 fuel injector O-rings. I already have a het shield around injector #3, which is supposed to be the one closer or too close to the manifold. But it won't hurt to shield the others as well. By the way, you can search for Design Engineering 010378 for the cover kit.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/191472457777

I think this should help for exhaust manifold heat sink

 

Don’t know if anyone has experience this, but before I installed the heatshield, including the six heatshields that go around the injectors, there was lots of engine vibration when Jeep was started when the engine was hot, especially after a long trip. It didn’t happen when engine was cold though. I had removed the heatshield because after the Jeep sat in the backyard for over a year, squirrels nested on top of the engine and tore it apart.

 

Go to your local dealership with vin number and if they never did it before, they will install for free. Recall

 

I might need to do this, what were your symptoms?
Would a non-acceleration from idle be a symptom?
Meaning I hit the gas and nothing happens from the rough idle